Category Archives: Honda

Though Honda was the first company to import hybrid vehicles Australia, way back in 2001, it has been a bit on and off in this high-tech fuel-saving field in recent times. That will change in a big way with the eagerly anticipated arrival of the Honda NSX petrol-electric supercar due More →

The CR-V has always been the king of the castle in Honda SUV-land ahead of the HR-V and MDX, although CR-V wasn’t the first such Honda to appear. That was left to the HR-V way back in 1999. The small sports utility vehicle was considered ahead of its time, mainly More →

Remember the HR-V, Honda’s small sports utility vehicle with a tall stance and quirky looks as though it permanently had hunched shoulders? That was 1999. The new version is a conventional compact SUV with coupe styling straight off the automotive catwalk, reproduced using quality material. The original HR-V was one More →

Honda City sits into the space between the Jazz and Civic hatches and acts as a sedan option for both, City has never been a particularly big seller since arriving here in 2009. A $20,000 price tag for that first model certainly didn’t help and $4000 was eventually cut to More →

Japanese maker Honda sells its Accord in Australia in two different market segments. The smaller one, called Accord Euro as it leans in the European direction in handling, has a good reputation amongst those who enjoy driving and like the mix of Japanese build quality and European dynamics. The other More →

Honda has launched the second generation of its City light sedan with a range of new features including continuously variable transmission (CVT), a more fuel-efficient engine and a smartphone-based infotainment system; all in a larger but sleeker body and with a sub-$16,000 starting price. Slotting into the space between the More →

After giving its mid-sized SUV competitors a free kick by not offering either two-wheel drive or diesel power the Honda CR-V is now back in the thick of things with its fourth-generation model providing both options, albeit not together. While Australian car buyers continue to resist diesel engines in their More →

Honda has made a major change of direction in its fifth generation Odyssey people mover. Previously it has followed passenger-car, station-wagon lines, making it easy to drive and park and – dare I say it? – more popular with female drivers. Odyssey now has an extra 150 mm in height More →

Honda has launched the fifth generation version of its popular Odyssey people mover with a taller body, extra interior space and, for the first time, the option of eight seats. STYLING One of the major players in the people mover class, Honda Odyssey took a different styling path from its More →